Yup. As unfortunate as it is, the MSM did the same thing a few years ago when the invasion of Europe started and they ran story after story of the little kid that drowned and washed up on the beach. Trying to get sympathy for all the invaders and how dangerous their trips were. Once the story fell apart and we learned that: the body on the beach was staged, the guy had family living the life in the UK and Canada and didn’t need to use a smuggler, and some speculation that the kid was murdered, the story quickly went away.
For as much noise as the Left makes, it really seems to me like they’re fading and fading fast. People are sick of their sh*t. So, they are grasping at any straw they can.
CBS coined the terms, fake but accurate.